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Forest Heart Turns 5!
As the old saying goes “if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound?” This often causes one to pause and say either “of course it does” or the eyes of the listener to wander as this existentialist conundrum confounds and questions the very nature of reality!
Dont Panic Just Plant It
Let’s focus on what an abundant garden you can be growing for yourself by growing your own bush foods, fruit trees, vegetables and herbs. Harvesting your own produce is fun, healthy and convenient. There’s nothing quite like popping out into the backyard to harvest some fresh produce.
Gardening in the Era of Covid 19
In this time of great adversity for the health and wealth of people, it’s heartening to see a few positive outcomes including a strengthening of our local communities (while keeping a respectful distance, of course) through the support of our small business’s at least those who have been able to adapt and stay open.
Low Down in Your Garden
When it comes to re-establishing native vegetation we tend to concentrate on the planting of trees and shrubs and if we’re lucky maybe a few Lomandra. But to truly re-establish a diverse ecosystem we must help establish all the groundcovers too such as grasses, herbs, small shrubs and ferns.
Beating the Heat
As I’m writing this, another searing hot and dry day rolls by, fires rage across the northern end of the Sunshine Coast and in the Hinterland and we cower in our air conditioned houses (for those of you that way inclined), on shady verandas and in pools.
A Serious Threat to Our Fauna
What is the most under-rated threat to Australia’s native wildlife? Sure, we know about foxes, cats, wild dogs, weeds, habitat fragmentation and even climate change … the list goes on and on, but a serious threat that we don’t consider for the significant threat that it is, is ourselves in a vehicle!
A Decade of Myrtle Rust
2020 will be the 10th anniversary of Myrtle Rust being brought into Australia. Myrtle rust was brought into the country as result of the global trade and travel networks of human activity.
Go Wild (in your garden)!
We’re inspired and in awe of areas of natural beauty, we enjoy watching other animals, we enjoy growing things, gardening & bushwalking. All these things make us happier, healthier and intrinsically content.
Not all small furry creatures are rats! Don't poison the wildlife.
Small furry creatures with sharp teeth, claws and beady little eyes get a lot of bad press in our culture, thanks to the feral rats that have followed us across the planet. However, we also have many native rodents and other small furry creatures that play important roles in our ecosystems.
Focus on Flora: Cunjevoi - Alocasia brisbanensis
Large lush deep green leaves of Cunjevoi add a tropical twist to the landscape and this particular plant fits into this category. Our largest local member of the Arum Family ARACEAE, this fleshy herb grows to between one and one and a half metres high on the Sunshine Coast, with large leaves up to half a metre long.
I’ve lost my heart to “Bleeding Hearts”
Sometimes a plant can be so common in your field of view that it’s easy to miss its significance and importance to ecosystems, and so it is with your common run of the mill Homalanthus populifolius!
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